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(This column, written by a devoted fan of all sports, will appear as infrequently as possible. Mr. Jacobs never played a game of football in his life, but in 1968 he was the freshman intramural mile champion.)
"How long can we be passive and turn the other cheek when we get hit?" Bobbi Baker asked, and a lot of the merchants agreed. Jim Jacobs, owner of J. August, said, "I'm not talking about killing the grass, just getting rid of the weeds, that's all."
Saks will be closed at least until August second for repairs. There is some question as to whether it will reopen at all. "Why does Saks need a store in Cambridge?" asks Jacobs. "They don't make much money here, nothing at all like New York. If stores like that...
The smaller owners fear that the larger ones, like Restaurant Associates, which runs Zum Zum, the Treadway Inn, and Barney's, may simply board up and pay their rent until their leases expire. Jacobs imagines that "we could have a skid row here in one or two years."
"Why does everyone have to come to Harvard Square. Why not Newton Square of Medford." asks Jacobs. "I'm not talking about killing the grass, just getting rid of the weeds, that's all."